My younger cousin is like a baby brother he was born when I was in high school. He's finally married and got kids. My aunt posted a picture of him with his wife and kids and i just smiled.

I just graduated college and have to find somewhere to live. I love my parents and want them in my life but don't want to limit my options on proximity to them.

It's hot outside and I want to go out with just a sports bra and a pair of shorts but they won't let me because they think it looks slutty. What can I do when it's like 90 degrees?

My brother has been in a relationship with his current gf for 4 years. I didn't meet his current gf until she got pregnant with his first child, the problem is she has three other daughters from three different guys. Each girl gets to spend time with their dad side of the family alone, but for some reason when I ask to see my niece he brings one or two of the other girls. It would be fine, but two of his stepchildren have terrible attitudes and crave so much attention. The other one just won't stop talking. So I rarely have time to spend one on one time with two year old niece because the other requires so much attention and quite frankly give me a headache. How do I tell him that I just want to see my niece, without the others?

My family and I are planning to go to Michigan to visit our relatives next month however we're only going to be staying for a week since my parents have to work. I'd like to stay longer than that so I'm trying to figure out a way to ask them to let me fly back home on my own. I'm 18 years old now so I feel like this isn't a totally unreasonable request but my parents probably don't. The problem here is that my parents are extremely suffocating. I wasn't even allowed to sleep over at my friends' homes until I was 17. They think that practically everything and everyone is dangerous when it comes to a young girl alone which I completely understand given this day and age. But I'd just like a chance to prove that I don't need them to shield me all of the time. I feel like I'm at an age where I can be independent from my parents. I'm not a minor anymore so flying alone isn't a crazy, dangerous request, right? I just need some help on how to approach my parents with this. What are some points I can mention other than the fact that I'm 18 (which won't work on them)?

We're a cooking family, so my mother thought a homemade spice might be a good present. Or a family card game (one that my family enjoys) but in Spanish. Any ideas or things my mother should definitely NOT bring? Thanks!

This is getting on my nervs, honestly. But I cannot explain hit that he is a f man.. I am from Russia. I like my country.But I don t like my President, because I think he is a bigest russian thief..

I was watching a Jordan peterson lecture on freedom of speech, but i feel very strange and uncomfortable now. Im not sure if it was sarcasm or if he really thinks i was but if he thinks i was i would not at all be surprised if he told most of my family this tale because gossip is what my family live off of. what should i do? although maybe im overthinking or being to harsh in my analysis.

I was let go from my job last year and have struggled to find a job. She was constantly on me to find one and when I finally found a job at Walmart now she's embarrassed to tell people I work there. She feels that she should have a child who is doing something for higher pay because all her friends kids are doing well. I have struggled in the past with not comparing myself to others because I was getting depressed. I have accomplished a lot in the past ten years and been grateful for what I do have but she's just **** on me. I don't know what to say to her to get her to understand it.

I won't go into the TMI details, but, I'll just say that neither I nor my older sister had a great relationship with our parents, acted like they didn't want us around, so, she stepped into somewhat of a parental-role. I'm 23, I'm the younger brother, she's 26 & still treats me as though I'm 14 or 15. A perfect example was last week. I bought some pricier shoes & shirts( not thousands of dollars, but, pricier than usual), budgeted for all of it, and rather than just being cool about it or giving a simple, " wow, those are nice", she started getting on me about " money management" and gave me this lecture about spending beyond my means. Even after I explained I had the money for the stuff, she wouldn't stop lecturing. Long story short, I told her to stop acting like a parent and talking to me like a kid, she told me to " Grow up" and we haven't spoken to each other since last week. On one hand, I feel like I should just give in, send an apology text, end this fight, but, on the other hand, I think she should apologize first seeing as how she instigated the whole thing. Should I say something first?

Continued.... Those are just a few of the times my mother has been crazy... my MIL is the mother I've always needed and is kind, so after they tussled I had to let go of home for a while and didnt talk to my parents for a month. This was really hard for me because after my older sister died I relied heavily on my dad for support while trying to cope. It was a dark time but he was there for me, we have a really great relationship. He was so proud of me when I wanted to become an artist and supported me going to college. We have always been close but now that I am not talking to my abusive mother, he tries to sneak around to see me. She gets mad when he talks to me or wants to have lunch with just me and my sister. He invited me over and said to come over after my mom goes to work. I felt like we should just be able to be father and daughter without her blowing her top. But I got there and my dad was like "dont touch this or she'll know and dont eat too much of that or she'll know you were here." Doesnt he realize how crazy that sounds?? Finally getting to the point, I dont know what to do about it. I dont like my mom but it's her house too and I dont want to disrespect her boundaries/space. But it's not her right to control my father and who he sees, especially when it's his own children. My dad thinks she has Bipolar or a personality disorder, but that doesnt excuse the things she did to us. Theres so much more but I dont have enough space to tell it.

So a bit of backstory, I have 2 sisters. I am the middle child. Both my siblings were rebellious and I was just kinda chill and didnt do anything crazy in my childhood. My mom had always been verbally and emotionally abusive. A couple of examples: 1. All my life she has commented on my weight and said no man would ever want me (I am now happily married, yay) 2. When my sisters would act out my mom would punish me because she knew that was the quickest way to get them to listen and do as she wanted. 3. She physically abuses my dad when shes in rage mode 4. She would go through my belongings when I was not around 5. She told me I would fail as an artist and now wants to share in my success 6. She verbally attacked my mother-in-law about my husband 7. She screamed at me at my wedding in front of my guests because things weren t going her way 8. It got so bad that my sister started living out of her car when I moved out 9. She ignored me and my sisters when we were younger and told her about how our uncle (her brother) was being very very inappropriate with us and all she said was "he s lonely"

I recently found a bunch of revealing pictures on my 13y/o's laptop. When I asked him about them he said he'd been sending them in a chat group for a modeling agent who was following him on Instagram. I went into a lecture bout how dangerous it was etc. In many of these pictures he's wearing bare minimum clothes and is borderline naked. He proceeded to show me the money that this guy, who he apparently met in person, had given. In attempt to reassure me that it was legit. I snapped at him anyway and took away his laptop and phone, and told him it wasnt likely that he was getting them back. But thinking back now, I realise I may have overreacted. Child models are not unheard of. It was just irritating that he didnt tell me, but also, given how I reacted, i might not have told me either. His father agrees that I may have overreacted.

My son became truant because he was in an inappropriate (illegal) relationship with a member of the school's staff. After the details came to and the individual was sentenced for her role. My son was still facing the truancy charges but the judge decided to drop the charges on the condition that he gets mandatory therapy. Our family have been grateful for the judges decision, however, my son isnt really cooperating with his therapist. We make him go, but he's refusing to talk or cooperate at all. Its heartbreaking because we can tell he needs to talk to someone, but he's getting caught up in this "I a man" persona, that he insists that he's fine when he quite clearly isnt. He 15 by the way

I can't leave Iran. I am denied passport because I follow Torah (after my Jewish mom's grand-mom) and supported Israel. They said to their grandma (my aunt) to call my mother everyday & she is doing it everyday. I hate they are stupid & nothing (r inferior) so abuse me.. they always make excuse.... Thanks! I NEVER LIKED GOING TO USA, I LIKED GOING TO ISRAEL, EVEN IN 2008.....

My dad can become a raging a**hole and just recently he tried breaking in my bedroom door, because I shut the door to keep him out and wanted to stop the argument he kept trying to start, because I knew anything I said would set him off. He continued into his rage and threatened to burn my stuff and began pounding on my door and then began throwing things at my door. I am an adult and pay to live there and believe me I am moving out really soon. But until I can I want to put a lock on my bedroom door to keep him out of my room at all times, because I do not trust him. I feel threatened and don't want my stuff destroyed if he goes into lunatic mode. Do I have a legitimate reason for a lock on my bedroom door? I realize it is not my house, so I am not sure if I have a legal right.

I had a talk with my son and told him what is his game plan because he could've stayed at the phone company he was working at where he was bringing home $700 every two weeks. Now he will be getting paid significantly less. I told him his friends must have influenced him to want to work at whataburger. He should have stayed at the job that he was at before. MY son got frustrated with me and was like " at least i have a job. Dad i'm only 19, you can't expect me to be a doctor. I'm not even going to work this job forever. It's only temporary. My friends don't influence me to do nothing I have my own job. what were you doing when you were 19." I told him " there are way more opportunities for young people now than there ever was before." It's just crazy to be working at a burger restaurant.

Ok so my mom and I had to move in with my grandma for about a month because my parents temporarily split up (not telling you why as it would take me way too long to explain the whole story) Well she kicked my mom out because they got into an argument and could never agree on things because my grandma has always hated my dad. She hates him because she thinks he's some kind of manipulator, and he smokes pot which she of course thinks is bad for you. They've never liked each other. The reason I don't like my grandma now is because she always lies, denies facts, and twists words around to fit the story she wants to tell, and expects me to believe it. If I asked her if she really did kick my mom out she would say something like "no she chose to leave". That's what she does. She can never tell the truth. She listens to her stupid friend who can never mind her own f*cking business and likes to judge everyone, but she's over here dating an 80 year old man for his money and she's 52. F*cking disgusting b*tch and I've never liked her. My grandma would rather side with her than us, her family. Anyway, am I wrong to hate my grandma for this?

She makes comments outts nowhere like 'you need to stop being like your dad who does xyz. Youre just like him' and its something that isnt bad its just a habit you both share and she is saying it as a nasty remark because she never says anything positive about him (and hates men in general as shes a feminist)... But it hurts when she says it about my dad. Why the hell would i want anyone, let alone my own mom, say I'm stupid or annoying because i have the same habit my dad does and that i need to stop having that habit? I love my dad and i hate that i had to hear her say these evil comments about him behind his back (she'd be too scared to say anything like that if he was here - they're divorced) all these years. Ive had enough. Whether shes putting down men in general for no reason, putting my dad down or putting me down for being like my dad, or just plain putting me down when she wants to take out her anger on me for no reason, im sick of it. I want to move out so badly as soon as i can. What do i do until then? It seriously angers me so much having to be around her and hear her nasty comments 24/7 to the point where i wish i was just dead. I really get so angry that i wish i wasnt even alive.

I wanted to bid on an item on eBay but had to use my mom s account. The itme had about 10 minutes left and I asked her to set a max bid of 25-26 dollars, knowing that I would probably lose. I wasn t worried, because I had found a similar item that was just buy it now, no auction required, that cost $25, so I didnt want to spend more money for no reason. I soon was sort of upset because my mom entered in a max bid of $30, so if I won, I had to spend extra money. I was glad though, when we were outbid by someone by a dollar, and I quickly very clearly said something like "oh good now we can buy the other one really quick" and before I could continue, she entered in another dollar and won the auction, forcing me to spend 6-7 dollars more than I intended. I understand that 7 dollars is petty cash by any standard, but when you are someone still trying to get a job, with current only income money sporadically earned babysitting, little amounts can add up. My parents became very angry that I was obviously upset that I was forced to spend extra money in a completely avoidable situation. Are my parents right? Am I ridiculous for being annoyed?

He has severe anxiety and some spells of bipolar depression. The note reads " I have been dying for 12 years now. To wake up each morning so afraid and so terrified that I couldn't be that afraid while awake. It has taken it's toll. I have come to hate this life in this system of things. I have come to have no hope".

Im 16 and trying to balance school, home life, extracurricular activities, etc. On top of that my mom is never home. She leaves for work before I get up and stays out till 2am. She gets off work at five but then she goes out with friends to eat dinner and have drinks. Im alone at home the whole time, my parents are divorced and my dad lives in a different state so he can't help and my brother is in college. For the past 6 months I've been on my own. If I don't do something it won't get done. I have to clean the house, do the laundry, take the trash out, take care of the cats, dishes, etc. The only thing I don't do is pay the bills. So far I've used $250 that I've saved from birthdays over 4 years on meals. My mom won't give me money to get food and she won't go to the grocery store either. She won't allow me to get a job because I need to focus on school. I feel like I'm living on my own and I don't know what to do. On top of that, she comes home drunk every night and starts yelling at me. When I get stressed out from her talking to me I try to avoid her and finish the conversation and then she gets even worse. If I try to talk to her about it she gets defensive and blames me for being so "ungrateful" and "disrespectful". She makes me feel guilty for asking her to act like a mom. she says sarcastically "well I'm sorry that I'm so terrible". I just don't know what to do anymore. Im sick of this life that I'm living and I just want to disappear.

I feel like I want to move out and get an apartment. This apartment is out of the state i live in because it's so much cheaper than the ones in my state. Plus a lot of my friends including my best friend lives there. I'm just so scared because I don't know what to expect. I don't even know if what I want to do is dumb. I would have to go to college there, find a new job, and basically start over. I just don't feel like I can survive without my parents, but at the same time, I feel like I want to move out. I have no clue why I just do. My parents said that I can stay with them for as long as I want as long as I have a path for my future. But I want to do that on my own without them. Like I said I don't know why I want to. There's just something telling me I should. Is this dumb? Should I stay with my parents since they're letting me stay with them?

My moms sick. She most likely doesnt have another 5 years in her. I dont want to spend the last years we have together fighting. But shes a bit*h shes mean to my 2 year old and spoils my 6 year old rotten. Shes always going from nice to vindictive. We have a very toxic relationship she is emotionally abusive to me and i do everything i can for her. Half of me wants to say F you and leave her to rot. The other half loves her and wants to be here for her. She has 5 kids and the rest of them wont even talk to her because of how she is. She doesnt deserve my love or my attention but i would feel guilty leaving her on her own. Im all she has. No one in the family will even talk to her but me.

My parents are verbally and emotionally abusive. It's really torn me apart my whole life I even had my own battles to fight. Everything is so overwhelming for me. My parents used to hit me but now not so often at least it doesn't get worse it was only hitting. Whenever I was angry or sad my parents wouldn't help me they'd just tell me to cry in my room. I was so miserable with my life I self harmed. I even went counselling last year but for a different reason. I don't know what else to do and I can't avoid them. I'm not allowed to hang out with my friends at the beach, at the pool or I can't go concerts and sleepovers. If I see them in the day it's only for a little while before my dad gets angry and then I have to go home. He will shout at me everyday and call me names such as a wretch, b***ch or he'll say I'm useless or a burden and he'll threaten me. I'm tired of this I don't know what to do.

Me and my husband work odd jobs and are considered "poor" but we still like to have kids. We believe that everybody should have the right to have kids, no matter how rich or poor they are. Having kids is a god given right.

uggh! my dad always wears really short short shorts, it's so embarrassing and annoying. whenever we go out, he wears disgusting short shorts and tube socks. everyone points fingers and laughs at him and takes pictures of him, while i am humiliated to death.

They're out to get me because of what my mom dad and my mom is not there.

so my dad doesn't let me hangout with my friends and he lets my siblings go anywhere anytime they want and it's just so frustrating because my mom doesn't do anything about it and it's starting to get really bad because he's recently been screaming at me and he said to me today he would lock me in my room and that if i wanna leave then there's the door and don't come back (and this was in front of one of my friends) ...etc and sometimes he'll say that he won't let me go to work anymore.. and he will always make me clean the house and not my brothers because they help him with outdoor work and right now my mom and younger sister are out of the country and i just really want all this to stop

The problem is that my parents make fun of me for wanting to do this and they say I will waste my money and get bored with it within a day or two. Any ideas or recommendations for me? Also I am a college student where everyone has better phone that me . Also I believe this will make my life cleaner and give me time for the stuff I always wanted.

My niece is a monster. My sister doesnt discipline her. My niece is allowed to be on youtube. She falls asleep on youtube. Wakes up and turns youtube on. If you take her phone she yells and screams. Demonically. She runs the house. She tells everybody to shutup. Her sleep is clearly effected. Not to mention everyone elses sleep. My sister is worthless and i feel like she neglects her child. And this behavior will turn my niece to a sociopath. She decides if and when she takes a bath. She demands mcdonalds every day. Treats my mom like crap and im sick of it. Is this grounds for having a child taken? She is 7 btw.

I'm a 19 year old male and my brother is a 24 year old nonverbal autistic person. Our father was an irresponsible addicted pervert and I moved out as soon as I turned 16, got a part time job and saved my brother from that monster. My brother works in an institution for disabled people and he sells his paintings and crafts there. He has trouble communicating with others (he uses sign language, while speaking, but he listens and understands everything you say), dressing up, taking a shower (I let him to these things alone, but he sometimes can't make it) and learning simple things (he can read or write simple words, but he can't read or write sentences). Anyway, me and my girlfriend are planning to stay by the sea for a week and have fun, but the longest time I have ever left my brother in the institution was only 2 days. I don't think he can stay away from me for a whole week. Yet, I want my girlfriend to enjoy being with me, not seeing me paying attention to my brother all the time and not having enough time for her. Besides that, beaches are too crowded for autistic people like him. If he has a melt down in public, I'll have to cancel the trip immediately. I don't know how to convince him to be patient and stand staying with his friends and nurses in the institution for a whole week. I'm sure he'll start crying if I tell him about this. I just need to spend some time for myself. That really doesn't mean that I don't love my brother. I swear that.